Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 128 - 130: Departure

Although a third-grade Spirit Beast can breakthrough to a Golden Core, the resources required are not less than those needed to directly cultivate a Golden Core cultivator.

If the Li family didnʼt cultivate the ”Wanling Sutra,” creating an extremely close connection between cultivators and Spirit Beasts, as long as the bloodline of the Spirit Beast isnʼt a limit, the cultivatorʼs breakthrough will also shatter the Spirit Beastʼs bottleneck, they also wouldnʼt pursue higher-grade Spirit Beasts.

The last gift was from Shen Leishan, a deep green Jade Slip lying inside the Jade Box. Li Zhirui probed with his Divine Sense and exclaimed, ”Uncle, this is a Minor Wood Divine Power, Xiao Jia Mu Yang Lei!”

Divine Power, a type of Spell with tremendous power, is cast by harnessing oneʼs Mana to condense a vast amount of Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth, unlike Qi Cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators who rely on their own Mana for casting Spells.

It is said that this is because Golden Core cultivators can touch a strand of the Power of Laws.

”Shen Leishan is really generous!” This Divine Power caused everyone to exclaim in admiration.

Li Shiqing, however, associated it with the three conditions mentioned by Yun Qi, and couldnʼt help but feel that Shen Leishan truly understood the principle of wanting to take, one must first give.

He put the Jade Slip away, ready to learn this Divine Power first and then head to Wind Corruption Prefecture to fulfill the condition for exchanging Foundation Establishment Spiritual Medicine.

Li Shiqing then asked, ”Have the conditions of Red Pine Island and Nine Springs Island been scouted? Are there any valuable Spiritual Objects worth developing?”

”No,” Li Zhizhun shook his head.

Actually, when you think about it, if those two families had any Spiritual Objects, why would their development be so slow?

”Then, how do you plan to develop these two Spirit Islands?” Li Shiqing was not disappointed, as he had anticipated this outcome.

Li Zhizhun presented the plan he had already thought of, saying, ”The two islands are not too far from Da Rong Island, but at least a Foundation Establishment cultivator must be stationed to ensure safety.”

”The only problem now is that the number of cultivators in our family is too small to fully develop the Spirit Veins on both islands.”

Let alone those two Spirit Islands, just the existing industries of the family were already overwhelming for the clan members.

Red Pine Island alone has three thousand mu of first-grade Spirit Fields, five hundred mu of second-grade Spirit Fields. Although Nine Springs Island only has over two hundred mu of second-grade Spirit Fields, it boasts a vast stretch of five to six thousand mu of first-grade Spirit Fields!

Even if the more than a hundred cultivators of the Li family worked day and night without rest, they couldnʼt tend to so many Spirit Fields.

”You must have thought of a solution, right?” Li Shiqing, who had personally taught Li Zhizhun for a while, understood him well.

Li Zhizhun nodded, and under everyoneʼs gaze, he slowly said, ”I want to lease out all these Spirit Fields to Loose Cultivators for farming.”

”When the time comes, all we have to do is collect the rent, and we can also use this opportunity to establish a small Marketplace on Red Pine Island.”

According to Li Zhizhunʼs calculations, the Spirit Fields on these two islands could accommodate at least a thousand Loose Cultivators, a number sufficient to establish a small Marketplace.

Moreover, Red Pine Island is more than six hundred miles away from Yunping State, and it would take Loose Cultivators several hours for a round trip at their speed.

Furthermore, located at sea, Red Pine Island is more convenient for Loose Cultivators to hunt Water Devils, earn Spirit Stones, and attract a large number of them.

”This is a good idea, which can collect a large number of Spirit Stones in a short period of time,” Li Shiqing nodded in satisfaction, ”Go ahead with this matter, and as for the stationed cultivator...”

Turning to look at Li Shilian and others, he asked, ”Who wants to go?”

Though stationed away from Da Rong Island, the cultivator would have exclusive access to a second-grade Spirit Vein, and the denser surrounding Spiritual Energy could also slightly increase their cultivation speed.

Li Zhirui did not speak up; he had already decided to go out for experience for a while and could not be a stationed cultivator.

”Iʼll go,” Li Shiren and Li Shiting said almost at the same time.

Seeing that Li Zhirui and Li Shilian had no intent to compete, they directly agreed.

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The establishment of a Marketplace is not something that can be done merely by talking about it; it requires building shops first, then setting up Spirit Gathering Arrays and Defensive Formations.

By the time everything was ready, more than two months had passed.

During this period, the news of the Li family leasing the Spirit Fields on Red Pine Island and Nine Springs Island had spread throughout Yunping State and even reached Loose Cultivators in Guangqing State and Green Mountain State.

”Shall we also try our luck on Red Pine Island? I heard that the rent for the first-grade Spirit Fields there isnʼt high; the annual rent for one mu of Spirit Field is only ninety Spirit Stones!” A certain Loose Cultivator was very tempted, believing that farming was more promising than hunting Water Devils.

Farming one mu of the cheapest first-grade Golden Thread Spirit Grain, if well taken care of and without disaster striking, could yield about four to five hundred jin of Spirit Grain.

The purchase price is eight Spirit Stones per ten jin; thus, one could earn three to four hundred Spirit Stones. Even after deducting the rent, the profit in Spirit Stones is considerable.

Perhaps itʼs not as much as hunting Devil Beasts, but itʼs steady and safe, and this is just one mu of Spirit Field with the cheapest Spirit Grain.

This five-person team could farm dozens of mu of Spirit Fields with ease, and during the agricultural offseason, they could also go out to sea to hunt Devil Beasts.

”But we donʼt know how to cast Spirit Planting Spells, and we have never farmed Spirit Grain,” said the Loose Cultivators, who lacked such skills.

”Didnʼt the Li family say so? Thereʼs a place on Red Pine Island that specifically sells these Spells, and apparently, the prices are much cheaper than in the Marketplace, with cultivation experiences as well.”

This store selling Spells was the Li familyʼs warm-up for the yet-to-be-established Marketplace, which would gradually introduce shops selling Spirit Pills, Talismans, and more in the future.

Before attracting the attention of the major powers, the Li family would monopolize this marketplace!

Of course, the Li family would not engage in malicious price-gouging or depressing purchase prices; everything was maintained at the same level as in Yunping State.

After all, the incomes of loose cultivators were limited. Initially, the loose cultivators from Green Mountain State had settled here due to the lower prices in Yunping State, and they would also be willing to travel 600 li across the sea for price differences.

”The Li family is actually willing to do this?”

Someone said in an annoyed tone, ”The Li family has just over a hundred cultivators; they are simply too busy to take care of everything. Otherwise, do you think they would be so benevolent?”

”Itʼs better to speak less of such things!” The leader, a cultivator in the late Qi Cultivation stage, glared at him and then said, ”Letʼs go take a look as well.”

There were clearly many scattered cultivators who shared this idea, and many of them had come from Green Mountain State and Guangqing State.

”Sorry, you have arrived too late. All the first-grade Spirit Fields on Red Pine Island have already been leased out. You can go to Nine Springs Island to take a look,” a Qi Cultivation cultivator from the Li family said very politely to the inquiring loose cultivators.

Although the Li family was considered a top force within a thousand li, it was insignificant compared to the entire world of cultivation. There was no need to become complacent or arrogant due to a bit of progress.

Li Shiqing had emphasized this point: if any family member caused trouble under the name of the Li family, the consequences would range from discipline to direct expulsion from the family.

”What? The news has only been released for a few days, and so many first-grade Spirit Fields are already gone?” one of the loose cultivators said incredulously.

To lease a Spirit Field, one must first pay the rent. Ninety Spirit Stones was not a small sum for a loose cultivator!

In fact, even the cultivators of the Li family were shocked because the first-grade Spirit Fields on Red Pine Island alone had brought them more than 270,000 Spirit Stones.

And this was only the first year! In the following years, the income would remain the same! And this sum didnʼt even include the five or six thousand mu of Spirit Fields on Nine Springs Island!

Just this yearʼs rent alone was enough for the Li family to upgrade the second-grade Spirit Vein in their territory to a third-grade one!

Li Zhirui, after learning of this matter, felt once again that as long as oneʼs strength improved, there were ways to earn Spirit Stones.

As for the second-grade Spirit Fields, the Li family had no plans to lease them out. Even if they did, loose cultivators wouldnʼt be able to afford the rent.

So the plan was to cultivate those easy-to-care-for, not delicate second-grade Spiritual Medicines, mainly because there was not enough manpower to take care of them. In order not to waste the Spirit Fields, this was the only option.

”If you fellow Daoists wish to lease Spirit Fields, you can first go to the Red Pine Market to buy the corresponding spells.”

Red Pine Market? The late Qi Cultivation stage loose cultivator thought, ”The Li family is indeed formidable—first attracting loose cultivators with Spirit Fields, and then entrapping them with the marketplace, eliminating the need to go to Yunqing Marketplace anymore.”

The group, upon hearing this, went to Red Pine Market. The market was not yet completed, with many mortals busy on the construction site.

Among the wooden buildings that were built and open to customers, several were labeled: Spell Pavilion, Spirit Pill Pavilion, Magical Implement Pavilion, Talisman Pavilion, and a general store specializing in the purchase of various Spiritual Objects, as well as a three-story wooden building with the sign of Cloudtop Pavilion.

They looked at each store in turn and found that the Spiritual Objects inside were quite complete. Common Spiritual Objects were all available, which fully met their needs, and the prices had not increased. There was no need to go to Yunqing Marketplace to buy them.

In the end, they entered the Spell Pavilion and jointly purchased a set of Jade Slips that contained recordings of the Spirit Rain Skill, Golden Light Skill, and three other cultivation spells, at a very fair price of only thirty Spirit Stones.

Besides that, they also spent fifty Spirit Stones to buy a copy of ”The Cultivation Experience of Golden Thread Spirit Grain.”

It was only when they arrived at Nine Springs Island that they found out there were not many unclaimed Spirit Fields left, and being a day or two late would mean they could only return home empty-handed.

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Bang!

The cloudless sky suddenly split with a green-colored thunderbolt which instantly pulverized the huge rock it struck, scattering the dust in the breeze.

Li Zhirui, who watched from the side, was frightened by the terrifying power; he could smash the rock, but certainly not turn it into powder!

And the dazzling divine might even made Li Zhirui feel an irresistible sensation in his heart.

”Uncle, the power of this Minor Jiamu Yang Thunder is too terrifying!”

Li Shiqing, however, shook his head and said, ”I have only learnt it in the past half year; the power is far from its limit.”

”When the time comes, if I use all my mana, even the small island not far away will be blown to bits!”

Li Zhirui, puzzled, asked, ”Then why donʼt you cultivate more in the family before setting out, until your Divine Power is fully realized? Then you could go to Wind Corruption Prefecture to hunt and kill Demon Cultivators.”

Li Shiqing was compelled to take risks in pursuit of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Medicines and Pill Recipes, a fact which simply could not be concealed from family high-ups like Li Zhirui.

He knew he could not dissuade Li Shiqing, but he nevertheless hoped that he would strengthen himself as much as possible before taking action.

”Because now is the best opportunity,” Li Shiqing said in a grave tone.

He had heard that Shen Leishan and Yin Wind Cave had gone to war again recently, attracting many Golden Core cultivators. Wind Corruption Prefectureʼs internal strength should be weaker than before; he could bypass the battlefield and enter Wind Corruption Prefecture to eliminate low-level Demon Cultivators.

”Go back. I will set off for Wind Corruption Prefecture tomorrow,” Li Shiqing said, ”Donʼt worry about the family, because in the meantime, there will be protection from Shen Leishan.”

If there wasnʼt some assurance, would that Golden Core cultivator be willing to leave in peace?